The Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, popularly known as NIT-Jalandhar (NITJ), is a public engineering institute located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. The Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar is one of the youngest of the 20 National Institutes of Technology of India. It was founded as a joint venture between the governments of Punjab and India, originally under the name Punjab Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar (PREC).